WEIRD SCIENCE
By Mitchell Newberry, Assistant Professor of Complex Systems, University of Michigan 2021 Oct 06 – Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friend’s toddler ravaging the living room. In a chaotic world, you never know what to …
LEONARDO is an agile robot that can walk or fly. Caltech View 3 Images By Michael Irving 2021 Oct 06 – Whether you think it’s cool or unnerving, robots are becoming more agile – and Caltech’s LEONARDO looks like one of the most nimble …
By Steven D. Munger, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida 2021 Oct 05 – Humans rely on our senses to tell us about the world. Which way is that waterfall? Is it day or night? Is that food fresh or spoiled? …
By Edmund S. Higgins, Affiliate Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina 2021 Sep 30 – The possibility of precious objects hidden in secret chambers can really ignite the imagination. In the mid-1960s, British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield pondered …
An artist’s illustration of comet C/2014 UN271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/CC BY 4.0 By Michael Irving 2021 Sep 29 An absolutely gigantic comet is currently barreling towards the solar system – and new observations have pinned down just how big it is. A …
Neither actor nor Blue Origin has commented on mission as some point out report appears same day as promotion for his new album. – By Richard Luscombe @richluscLast modified on 2021 Sep 25 He was once Starfleet’s youngest captain, a fearless explorer leading …
Astronomers have found a way to estimate the number of stars in the universe. Comstock Images via Getty Images – By Brian Jackson, Associate Professor of Astronomy, Boise State University 2021 Sep 20 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all …
Artist’s evidence-based depiction of the blast, which had the power of 1,000 Hiroshimas. Allen West and Jennifer Rice, CC BY-ND – By Christopher R. Moore’ Archaeologist and Special Projects Director at the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program and South Carolina Institute for Archaeology …
Cassandra, Evelyn de Morgan, 1898 – By Lawrence Wittner Dr. Lawrence Wittner is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press). 2021 Sep 19 News at Home – In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was a priestess …
Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, and his students have created the whitest paint on record. – By Doyle Rice 2021 Sep 17 — The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University, a …
